Margaret

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• Commented on I ain't dead
  Same thing applies to any form of tennis other than played in your back yard. I was seriously injured playing tennis when I skidded on a wet part of the court. And around where I live all the tennis courts...
• Commented on I ain't dead
  "Singles tennis and badminton, bowls and even fencing" I take it you have never sat near a tennis court, especially on a hot day. Things would have to be adapted for play to be safe for the officials. Or for...
• Commented on Yet another novel I will no longer write
  Sometimes the cure was almost as bad as the disease. Look up hot box therapy for syphilis...
• Commented on Yet another novel I will no longer write
  Boris Johnson has been transferred into Intensive Care....
• Commented on The obligatory general election discussion post
  Just checked at our local Lifelabs. The PSA test is 33.00. In my opinion that is 33 dollars more than it SHOULD cost but it is fortunately affordable for most people. Although my experience, from sitting waiting to be jabbed...
• Commented on That sinking feeling
  "But then, an awful lot of owner-occupied houses here are built to the same standards so it can be effectively impossible to force the house more than 10 degrees away from the outside temperature." You couldn't survive winters here if...
• Commented on That sinking feeling
  "The Oil Museum, North Buxton — what else is worth the visit in the area?" Point Pelee National Park, which is the southernmost point of continental Canada and a major point in bird migrations. At the right time of the...
• Commented on That sinking feeling
  It is a fascinating museum. The descriptions of what life was like for the immigrants who tried to farm in those conditions are heartbreaking. And if you are in the area, not that far south you should visit North Buxton....
• Commented on That sinking feeling
  Has anyone read (or have comments on) Ian Hunts' _Brexit: What the hell happens now?...